---
title: 'The Set-Up (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Wise'
released: '1949-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-set-up-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041859/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Set-Up (1949)

1949 · 72 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Set-Up is a 1949 American film noir boxing drama directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. The screenplay was adapted by Art Cohn from a 1928 narrative poem of the same name by Joseph Moncure March. The Set-Up was the last film Wise made for RKO, and he named it his favorite of the pictures he directed for the studio, as well as one of his top ten of his career.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise)
- **Screenplay:** [Art Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-cohn)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Constantin Bakaleinikoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/constantin-bakaleinikoff)
- **Producer:** [Richard Goldstone](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-goldstone)
- **Director of Photography:** [Milton Krasner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-krasner)
- **Editor:** [Roland Gross](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-gross)

## Cast

- [Audrey Totter](https://cinepixo.com/people/audrey-totter)
- [Robert Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ryan)
- [Darryl Hickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-hickman)
- [James Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-edwards)
- [Tommy Noonan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-noonan)
- [Alan Baxter](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-baxter)
- [George Tobias](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-tobias)
- [Wallace Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-ford)
- [Herbert Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-anderson)
- [Percy Helton](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-helton)

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